Pancor is the brainchild of Marc Schutten, a self proclaimed watch enthusiast and entrepreneur based in the Netherlands. While the brand technically may have launched on Kickstarter, there are a few things that set Schutten?s watch designs apart from the dozens upon dozens of upstart generic watch brands that have found their home on the crowdsourcing platform. The brand’s latest, the Pancor P03, has the appearance of a product made by a real watch guy, with extra care taken to ensure that it is functional, well made, and versatile. 

Pancor P03 Diver

Case Material: Stainless steel, with dark gray PVD option 
Dial: Green, blue, black
Dimensions: 39mm
Crystal: Sapphire 
Water Resistance: 300 meters 
Crown: Screw down  Movement: Seiko NH38
Strap/bracelet: Leather and rubber tropic dive strap
Price: 329 Euros (full price after Kickstarter); 249 Euros Early Bird pricing through Kickstarter 
Reference Number: P03 DIVER SS-G, P03 DIVER SS-B, P03 DIVER PVD-B, P03 DIVER SS
Expected Release: March

Schutten created the P03 to be functional as a diver but not lose a step as a day-to-day watch on dry land. We see a lot of tactical and technical divers that look like something that belongs deeply submerged, but those designs sometimes appear clunky and out of place in, let?s say, an office. The P03 makes no bones about being a transitional watch that works in a variety of settings (as opposed to being made for a hyper specific task, something of a trend these da...